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ShowYoung:
You can't say more than you know.

Some colleges still offered admission for Fall 2022 this month. As a word of probability, perhaps they stopped yesterday or are stopping today, I put "if it's not late".

You don't necessarily have to wait till October to get admission for Fall next year in some colleges. Perhaps you are referring to colleges and universities that offer admission once per year. I took into consideration those that offer admission on rolling basis.

Ketima:
Hello,

As at yesterday, USD$ is 415 and CAD$ is 332 at StanbicIBTC which I used for someone. So it can't be 575 for form A

Nelson2k:
Good news. My eligibility started today. I applied on the 14th of May, medical passed on the 17th and biometric on the 18th.


The process is fast� ( old portal )

Kelvinace:
Hello guys, i need your help please, i'm in 400level in unilag & my waec is 7 years, i want to apply for winter 2023 but the two schs i tried applying to didnt give me admission, tried using agents too but they said they cant work with tuition budget of 15kcad. whats the way out?

Chubbyface:
do u mean we need to search for our business name to confirm its in the CAC website?
coz I registered my business since 2017, just searched and I didn't see the name on their website. plz help me understand, coz I know this IRCC would do background check.

Nitand2:
Please guys I need an urgent help on what to do now pleeeeeesssse!
It was an agent that did my application before I came across Nairaland … was a bit relieved yesterday when I noticed eligibility has started on my application
But please to my greatest surprise now I got a message from Ircc now stating I use a fraudulent account statement that I should attend to this within 15 days or else I get refusal

Please gurus in the house I need ur urgent help on this please for God sake

ShowYoung:
https://www.nairaland.com/6957495/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/532#112973481

amila20042001:
I cant access GCKEY website. is this peculiar to me or is it a general issue?

NgumimiT:
LANDING GIST

Good Afternoon my people.
I took the 8:05 am flight from Abuja to London, then London to Toronto using British Airways.

I arrived at the airport by 6 am, they didn't let my family in as usual so I proceeded to the check in desk on my own.
customs looked through my box of food and cleared me cos I had only dried food. At very step I was asked 'anything for us' but I only dropped in some places. One of my bags was overweight so I had to move things around before I was checked in. I chatted with the check in guys so they let my 23.6kg box fly without paying anything extra. Here they asked for arrive can and passport and I was given my boarding pass. I went back outside to cry and take pictures with my family before going back inside.

I went to customs and immigration after filing out the yellow card and they asked how much I'm carrying, I had less than 10k so no issues here. After getting cleared then I went to my boarding gate. We took off at exactly 8;05 am and an hour into the flight they gave us breakfast. It was nice, sausage, eggs, bacon, croissant and all. Then they also gave a sandwich, Juice and coffee later. The plane was very very very cold!! please carry a thick jacket and wear sneakers with thick socks and headworker if you get cold easily.

We landed in Heathrow at exactly 2:05 pm and had a 2 hour layover, before boarding here they asked for only passport and boarding pass. and we took off for the 7 hour flight to Toronto. They also served us two sets of snacks (pretzels and juice, then chicken sandwich and coffee) and dinner of mashed potatoes and chicken.

We landed by 12;37 Nigerian time but it was 7;37 pm here. Everywhere was bright and shining like 4pm lol.
I headed to arrivals, filled the declaration form and declared the foodstuff I was carrying before going to the customs desk. A handsome asian guy attended to me and asked what kind of agricultural produce I had, I told him spices and flour and he cleared me to head to Immigration.

At this point my heart was beating but I just kept calm, An imposing slavic guy attended to me and asked me for my acceptance letter and proof of tuition payment. He asked where I will be staying and how long my program is then he printed my study permit and coop work permit, stamped my passport and I was off.

Our baggage was unloaded already so I just located my boxes, put them on a trolley and went outside to order an uber. The weather was a bit warm since its spring, it only felt like low AC but I kept my jacket on. Headed to my airbnb and called my people.

I hope everyone gets to experience this and I am eternally grateful to this platform for giving me all the information I need to see my dream come true. To those waiting for PPR, it gets depressing and you almost want to give up but no matter how long it takes I believe its amazingly worth it.

UncleAyo:
Start putting your visa documents together while you wait your admission offer

After submit of application to school, do i need to wait for admission before doing other things.

Are there other other things should be doing while waiting for admission?

Lezy:
How come your CBN rate is 323?

Go and retrieve your form from them.

I went to pay my tuition fees with Form A, which I had already filled and I went to the GT Bank, they told me the rate 575?

Anon123:
general

NgumimiT:
LANDING GIST

Good Afternoon my people.
I took the 8:05 am flight from Abuja to London, then London to Toronto using British Airways.

I arrived at the airport by 6 am, they didn't let my family in as usual so I proceeded to the check in desk on my own.
customs looked through my box of food and cleared me cos I had only dried food. At very step I was asked 'anything for us' but I only dropped in some places. One of my bags was overweight so I had to move things around before I was checked in. I chatted with the check in guys so they let my 23.6kg box fly without paying anything extra. Here they asked for arrive can and passport and I was given my boarding pass. I went back outside to cry and take pictures with my family before going back inside.

I went to customs and immigration after filing out the yellow card and they asked how much I'm carrying, I had less than 10k so no issues here. After getting cleared then I went to my boarding gate. We took off at exactly 8;05 am and an hour into the flight they gave us breakfast. It was nice, sausage, eggs, bacon, croissant and all. Then they also gave a sandwich, Juice and coffee later. The plane was very very very cold!! please carry a thick jacket and wear sneakers with thick socks and headworker if you get cold easily.

We landed in Heathrow at exactly 2:05 pm and had a 2 hour layover, before boarding here they asked for only passport and boarding pass. and we took off for the 7 hour flight to Toronto. They also served us two sets of snacks (pretzels and juice, then chicken sandwich and coffee) and dinner of mashed potatoes and chicken.

We landed by 12;37 Nigerian time but it was 7;37 pm here. Everywhere was bright and shining like 4pm lol.
I headed to arrivals, filled the declaration form and declared the foodstuff I was carrying before going to the customs desk. A handsome asian guy attended to me and asked what kind of agricultural produce I had, I told him spices and flour and he cleared me to head to Immigration.

At this point my heart was beating but I just kept calm, An imposing slavic guy attended to me and asked me for my acceptance letter and proof of tuition payment. He asked where I will be staying and how long my program is then he printed my study permit and coop work permit, stamped my passport and I was off.

Our baggage was unloaded already so I just located my boxes, put them on a trolley and went outside to order an uber. The weather was a bit warm since its spring, it only felt like low AC but I kept my jacket on. Headed to my airbnb and called my people.

I hope everyone gets to experience this and I am eternally grateful to this platform for giving me all the information I need to see my dream come true. To those waiting for PPR, it gets depressing and you almost want to give up but no matter how long it takes I believe its amazingly worth it.

Josh3322:
I'M LITERALLY SHAKING NOW!!

JUST GOT PPR!!!!!!

Paxhavard:
Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.

NgumimiT:
LANDING GIST

Good Afternoon my people.
I took the 8:05 am flight from Abuja to London, then London to Toronto using British Airways.

I arrived at the airport by 6 am, they didn't let my family in as usual so I proceeded to the check in desk on my own.
customs looked through my box of food and cleared me cos I had only dried food. At very step I was asked 'anything for us' but I only dropped in some places. One of my bags was overweight so I had to move things around before I was checked in. I chatted with the check in guys so they let my 23.6kg box fly without paying anything extra. Here they asked for arrive can and passport and I was given my boarding pass. I went back outside to cry and take pictures with my family before going back inside.

I went to customs and immigration after filing out the yellow card and they asked how much I'm carrying, I had less than 10k so no issues here. After getting cleared then I went to my boarding gate. We took off at exactly 8;05 am and an hour into the flight they gave us breakfast. It was nice, sausage, eggs, bacon, croissant and all. Then they also gave a sandwich, Juice and coffee later. The plane was very very very cold!! please carry a thick jacket and wear sneakers with thick socks and headworker if you get cold easily.

We landed in Heathrow at exactly 2:05 pm and had a 2 hour layover, before boarding here they asked for only passport and boarding pass. and we took off for the 7 hour flight to Toronto. They also served us two sets of snacks (pretzels and juice, then chicken sandwich and coffee) and dinner of mashed potatoes and chicken.

We landed by 12;37 Nigerian time but it was 7;37 pm here. Everywhere was bright and shining like 4pm lol.
I headed to arrivals, filled the declaration form and declared the foodstuff I was carrying before going to the customs desk. A handsome asian guy attended to me and asked what kind of agricultural produce I had, I told him spices and flour and he cleared me to head to Immigration.

At this point my heart was beating but I just kept calm, An imposing slavic guy attended to me and asked me for my acceptance letter and proof of tuition payment. He asked where I will be staying and how long my program is then he printed my study permit and coop work permit, stamped my passport and I was off.

Our baggage was unloaded already so I just located my boxes, put them on a trolley and went outside to order an uber. The weather was a bit warm since its spring, it only felt like low AC but I kept my jacket on. Headed to my airbnb and called my people.

I hope everyone gets to experience this and I am eternally grateful to this platform for giving me all the information I need to see my dream come true. To those waiting for PPR, it gets depressing and you almost want to give up but no matter how long it takes I believe its amazingly worth it.

Josh3322:
I'M LITERALLY SHAKING NOW!!

JUST GOT PPR!!!!!!

ItzRay:
Congratulations and may the land of Canada favour you, amen!
I'll testify soon too.

NgumimiT:
LANDING GIST

Good Afternoon my people.
I took the 8:05 am flight from Abuja to London, then London to Toronto using British Airways.

I arrived at the airport by 6 am, they didn't let my family in as usual so I proceeded to the check in desk on my own.
customs looked through my box of food and cleared me cos I had only dried food. At very step I was asked 'anything for us' but I only dropped in some places. One of my bags was overweight so I had to move things around before I was checked in. I chatted with the check in guys so they let my 23.6kg box fly without paying anything extra. Here they asked for arrive can and passport and I was given my boarding pass. I went back outside to cry and take pictures with my family before going back inside.

I went to customs and immigration after filing out the yellow card and they asked how much I'm carrying, I had less than 10k so no issues here. After getting cleared then I went to my boarding gate. We took off at exactly 8;05 am and an hour into the flight they gave us breakfast. It was nice, sausage, eggs, bacon, croissant and all. Then they also gave a sandwich, Juice and coffee later. The plane was very very very cold!! please carry a thick jacket and wear sneakers with thick socks and headworker if you get cold easily.

We landed in Heathrow at exactly 2:05 pm and had a 2 hour layover, before boarding here they asked for only passport and boarding pass. and we took off for the 7 hour flight to Toronto. They also served us two sets of snacks (pretzels and juice, then chicken sandwich and coffee) and dinner of mashed potatoes and chicken.

We landed by 12;37 Nigerian time but it was 7;37 pm here. Everywhere was bright and shining like 4pm lol.
I headed to arrivals, filled the declaration form and declared the foodstuff I was carrying before going to the customs desk. A handsome asian guy attended to me and asked what kind of agricultural produce I had, I told him spices and flour and he cleared me to head to Immigration.

At this point my heart was beating but I just kept calm, An imposing slavic guy attended to me and asked me for my acceptance letter and proof of tuition payment. He asked where I will be staying and how long my program is then he printed my study permit and coop work permit, stamped my passport and I was off.

Our baggage was unloaded already so I just located my boxes, put them on a trolley and went outside to order an uber. The weather was a bit warm since its spring, it only felt like low AC but I kept my jacket on. Headed to my airbnb and called my people.

I hope everyone gets to experience this and I am eternally grateful to this platform for giving me all the information I need to see my dream come true. To those waiting for PPR, it gets depressing and you almost want to give up but no matter how long it takes I believe its amazingly worth it.

NgumimiT:
LANDING GIST

Good Afternoon my people.
I took the 8:05 am flight from Abuja to London, then London to Toronto using British Airways.

I arrived at the airport by 6 am, they didn't let my family in as usual so I proceeded to the check in desk on my own.
.

Josh3322:
I'M LITERALLY SHAKING NOW!!

JUST GOT PPR!!!!!!

Paxhavard:
Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.

I did not submit any landed documents to establish home ties. I established home ties with my family and my job in Nigeria. No single property title was submitted.

Time-line:

Application submitted - February 1 2022
Biometrics request - February 2 2022
Biometrics done and updated - February 3 2022
Medical request - March 23 2022
Medical done - April 19 2022
Medical updated to pass - May 5 2022

(PS: Avoid Q-life. They can delay for Africa. I recommend IOM)

PPR - May 19 2022

Documents submitted
Letter of Admission
Mum's letter of employment
Parents marriage Cert
My birth Cert and that of my siblings
Family pictures
Undergraduate Transcripts
Diploma and LLB Cert
Law school transcripts and Cert
Call to Bar Cert
NBA Practicing fee receipts
Sample of my NBA Stamp and Seal
CV
My Employment letter
Letter of Introduction/leave from my employers
Work ID
6 months payslip
Lagos State tax clearance certificate
Reference letter from the International Law Association
Reference letter from ARM and my pension and retirement account Statement
MPower loan offer - $40k
6 months Salary account statement with about $12k
IELTS
NYSC cert
Waec
Police character report.

I encourage everyone who is waiting not to give up hope. E go reach you soon.

Abeg who dey go Toronto make we link up for Fall 2022.

God, I'm so happy! Thank you Jesus.

Best256:
Hello everyone,

Anyone who got admission for Fall 2022 at Lakehead University or already there?

Osemigho:
I know about the 1+1 strategy. I also know about almost all PNP program except the NB program you mention. I also have friends that have applied to them. The fatest of them all is the alberta one (AINP) with processing often less than 3 months. However, you can only apply if alberta invites you to apply. Most graduate don't get AINP until 6 months or one year after graduation. SINP processing can take up to 1 year. MPNP processing often goes over 1 year.

Do you also know PNP is not PR? You also have to wait for IRCC to invite you and process your PR after your PNP approval. I am sure you know IRCC timeliness. You can not remain out of status between the processing.

I also know that your study permit condition don't expire at graduation. It is about 4 months after you complete the program aka end of your final semester. You are required to notify IRCC and apply for PGWP after you complete the program. Don't confuse completion with graduation. Graduation can be up to six months or 1 year after you complete the program.

It is one thing to read something online. The reality can be sharply different. If you doubt, you should ask yourself if IRCC usually stand with the normal processing time for student visa you are applying for. I focus more on reality when I advise future applicants.

I appreciate your tenacity though. It shows you have read and knowledgeable than most applicants. That is what gave some of us hope to persist in the past. When you come in, you will understand why canadians prefer experience over knowledge. Tip: experience is often very different from what you read or study.

At the end, we are all here to help one another. I rest this case. All the best. Thanks.